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Issue 25

Husker Patr iot Nebraska Socie ty Sons of the American Revo lut ion

Does finding your Patriot

ancestor or

q u a l i f y i n g

and belong-

ing to a ge-

nealogical or

H e r i t a g e

society alone

make you a

better per-

son or im-

portant? Probably not. Are

you a “Summer Soldier and

Sun Shine Patriot? When

your application for mem-

bership is approved as a

member of the Sons of the

American Revolution Socie-

ty, it should not be the end

but the beginning. If you do

not participate by taking a

leadership or committee job,

using our programs to go

out and recognize our fellow

citizen’s good citizenship

and patriotism, advocating

by finding ways of teaching

about our

c o u n t r y ’ s

f o u n d i n g

and its prin-

cipals, or

making oth-

er efforts to

show what

w e a r e

about, what

difference does it make? If

the approval of an applica-

tion is the end, such a lim-

ited goal may be today’s

modern day equivalent of

what Thomas Paine meant

by the phrase in his Revolu-

tionary War pamphlet THE

CRISES written in Decem-

ber of 1776. Following the

crowd as long as everything

is uneventful, comfortable

or rosy, does not show the

obligations we pledge

Cont’d on Page 8, Col 1

Nebraska SAR Society Fall Meeting Held September 11, 2016

President’s Message

4th Qtr 2016

SAR APPLICATIONS

Please mail all new member and supple-mental applications to our NE SAR State Secretary: Compat-riot John Reinert, P.O. Box 83251, Lincoln, NE 68501-3251. If you need to con-tact Compatriot Reinert, he may be reached by phone at 402-432-9168 or by email at: [email protected]

Husker Patriot

Publisher William Webb

[email protected]

Editor Robert L. Knott, Jr.

[email protected]

Webmaster Shawn K. Stoner

http://nebrsar.wordpress.com/

HUSKER

PATRIOT

Infamous “Brown Bess”

Inside this issue:

The Presidents Message 1

Fall State Meeting 2

Meetings and Events 3

Members Corner 4

Meet My Patriot 4

Awards 5

Lincoln Plaque 5

2016 Congress 6

Article & New Members 7 Recognition & Collabora-tion 8

Organized 26 April 1890

NOTICE The 5th Annual American Heritage Dinner will be

held Feb 25, 2017 at the Havelock Social Hall, 4538

N. 62nd Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. The social hour

starts at 5:30pm with dinner at 6:30 followed by the

featured speaker at 7. The presenter is Beverly Bea-

vers portraying “Lady Vestey”. Evelyn Brodstone,

(Lady Vestey) was raised in Superior, NE, became a

member of British Nobility and was the highest paid

woman executive of her time. More information can

be found on the NESSAR website in January.

F r e d

W a l -

d e n

w i t h

h i s

w i f e

J a n

at the

2 0 1 6

Congress held in Boston, MA.

Story and Critique on Page 6 .

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nesar/index.htlm

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Nebraska Society Fall Meeting Held on Sep 11th

(Continuation of Fall Meeting)

PAGE 2 HUSKER PATRIOT ISSUE 25

AWARDS PRESENTED DURING THE 2016 FALL MEETING

Law Enforcement

Fire Safety

Molly Pitcher Award

Partners in Patriotism

Arthur M. King Award

Admiral William Furlong Award Jennings H. Flathers Award

John Parsons Outgoing Vice

President General Award

Patriot Biographies Recognition

Posting of the Colors

Compatri-

ots Sher-

rets and

Stoner are

s h o w n

p o s t i n g

the Colors

at the Fall

2016 NES-

SAR Meet-

ing at Ma-

h o n e y

S t a t e

Park.

September 11 Memorial Oration

Rev Hoke pre-

sented an in-

spiring memo-

rial oration

remembering

the First Re-

sponders on 9-

11 and their

heroic deeds.

E v e r y o n e

thought it was

heartwarming.

Law Enforcement Award

Pictured

Left to

Right

S t e f a n i

Grell,

O f f i c e r

Grell, Presi-

d e n t

Kentsmith & Captain Michon Morrow

Arthur M. King Award

Rev Hoke (C) accepts the Eagle Scout

Scholarship Award on behalf of the

NESSAR from Pres. Kentsmith (L) &

Sec. Reinert (R)

Jennings H. Flathers Award

Editor Knott

(L) and Pub-

lisher Webb

(R) accepts a

Certificate &

Check for

$250.00 from

P r e s i d e n t

Ke nt s mi t h

(C) on behalf

of all the

members of

NESSAR for

pub l i shi ng

the best Newsletter for State Societies

of under 500 members. Recognition for Vice Pres. General

John Parsons (L) receives Certificate of

Service & Oak Leaf Cluster for duties

performed as VP General from Presi-

dent Kentsmith (R).

F i r e S a f e t y A w a r d

Fire Safety

Award, pre-

sented at

fall meeting

Pictured

L– R Presi-

d e n t

Kentsmith,

T r i s h a

F l e t c h e r ,

D a l l a s

Fletcher

Medal of Appreciation

Judy Mas-

t e r s

M o o r e

r e c e i v e s

the SAR

M o l l y

P i c h e r

M e d a l

and Cer-

t i f i c a t e

from Pres-

ident

Kentsmith for her assistance and col-

lorbation with the SAR.

Partners in Patriotism

S h a w n

S t o n e r

(Center)

accepts

the Cer-

t i f i cate

of Patri-

otism on

behalf of

the Lin-

c o l n

Chapter

for host-

ing the

American Heritage Dinner close to

President George Washington’s birth-

day. Pictured L _ R Sec. Reinert,

Stoner & President Kentsmith.

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2016-17 Meetings and Events

——————————————————–————————–—

Dec 2, Lincoln Chapter

Meeting, 9:00 am, Eastmont Towers

Dec 13, Omaha Chapter

Meeting, 6:00 pm, Gorats

Jan 6, Lincoln Chapter


Jan 10, Omaha Chapter


Feb 3, Lincoln Chapter


Feb 14, Omaha Chapter


Feb 25, American

Heritage Dinner, 5:30 pm, Havelock

Social Hall

Mar 3, Linoln Chapter


Mar 14, Omaha Chapter


Apr 7, Linoln Chapter


Apr 11, Omaha Chapter


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President Kentsmith Elected

Vice President General

N e b r a s k a

State SAR So-

ciety President

D a v i d

Kentsmith at-

tended the Fall

National SAR

L e a d e r s h i p

Meeting in

L o u i s v i l l e ,

Kentucky at

the SAR Head-

quarters. Dr.

Kentsmith and his wife Kitty – pic-

tured in the photo also attended the

Formal Saturday evening SAR Ban-

quet chaired by the current National

President General President Gen-

eral J. Michael Tomme (Georgia

SAR) and his elected Executive staff. During the Trustee meeting

which President Kentsmith attended

as Nebraska State President, he

along with others were sworn in by

President General Tomme as the Na-

tional newly elected VP Generals.

Kentsmith will be Vice-president

General for the North Central Region

(Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas and

Nebraska Societies). He was elected

to the position of National North Cen-

tral VP-General to replace Nebraska

Compatriot John Parsons during the

2016 National Congress in Boston,

Massachusetts in July of this

year. Our Nebraska State Trustee,

Fred Walden and his wife Jan attend-

ed the Summer National Congress in

Boston where David was nominated

and elected.

Committee meetings held at the 29,

30 September and 1 October 2016

National Fall SAR Leadership Con-

ference held in Louisville, Kentucky

at the Brown Hotel near the SAR

National Headquarters. The 3-hour

genealogy seminar provided detailed

step-by-step instruction on accurate-

ly completing an “Approval Ready”

membership application and supple-

mental for review by the genealogist

at National. The application form

was carefully reviewed showing

what to do and not do first in com-

pleting the application correctly so it

will not be rejected because of for-

matting and typographical er-

rors. In addition, the presenters

identified what can be used as a

proof and the many things submit-

ted that are not valid proofs. With

the beginning of a concerted effort at

digitalization of the applications and

supplementals and with a plan for

developing a SAR owned Genealogi-

cal Research System (GSR) like the

DAR, exacting formatting is critical

to developing a searchable, valid and

verifiable data base. Examples of

unacceptable documentation

proofs include: Anything from An-

cestry.com 1. Family Data Collec-

tion, 2. Millennium files, 3. U.S. &

International Marriages, 4. AGBI

(American Genealogical & Biograph-

ical Index, 5. One World Tree, 6.

Family trees, 7. IGI (International

Genealogical Index). Other unac-

ceptable proofs include 8. County

histories after 1900, 9. Obituaries

that are undated and do not include

names of the publications. 10. In-

complete images with sections “cut

off” in the printing process, 11. Any-

thing printed from the DAR Patriot

Index or patriot-search pages,

12. SAR or DAR patriot indexes or

Grave listings, 13. Family group

sheets or family trees, 14. Older

SAR applications for which no docu-

mentation is on file – mostly before

1978, 15. Tombstone photos that are

not readable or not erected at the

time of decedent’s death or do not

include the cemetery name and loca-

tion, 16. Family bible pages of birth,

weddings and deaths that do not

include the publication page show-

ing date of publication (must be be-

G e n e a l o g y T r a i n i n g State President

David Kentsmith

attended a gene-

alogy training

seminar on “How

to Properly Com-

plete an Applica-

tion” presented

by two National

SAR genealogists

Denise Hall (pictured with David

Kentsmith) assisted by Jesse Ha-

gan. The seminar was part of the

programs, Trustee meetings and

fore 1900) of the bible, printer and lo-

cation and the entries are all different

and not in the same handwriting and

ink color. Dr. Kentsmith presented

this information at the Lincoln and

Omaha Chapter meeting for member’s

use. He is also sharing this infor-

mation with the State Officers – Thom-

as Masters Registrar, Robert Knott

deputy Registrar and State Secretary

John Reinert. The hand-out he re-

ceived at the meeting will be available

through the State Secretary and Regis-

trar in an electronic format that can be

emailed to members when requested.

____________________________________

Fall meeting Cont from page two

Recognition of President General’s

Patriot Grave Registration Biog-

raphies project. State and local chap-

ters are awarded a flag streamer and

stars for each 20% of active members

each year. For 2015 NESSAR received

1 star, Lincoln chapter 1 star and

Omaha chapter 2 stars.

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Members’ Corner We are looking for articles for our Newsletter about our members Patriots. Would you be willing to put together an article about your Patriot? It could be one or two pages long or even a paragraph. If you go up to four or five pages we could have a continuation into the next Quarter's Newsletter. These articles would then be available for all of our members to enjoy. If we can assist you in any way with putting something to-gether just let us know. An article would be such a great way to pass down to our future generations what our Patriot did for our country. We’re only an email away.

We now have twenty five Newsletters published and distributed to our members. I would like to ask you to again take a good look at these Newslet-ters and let us know what you would like to see in future editions. We did receive several votes of confidence on the outline and direction the news-letter is moving, however, we do need more input from fellow compatriots in our chapter news and general submissions. Are there areas of interest that you would like included? How well are we meeting your needs? If you have any stories and/or pictures you take at any of our events that you can share, please contact the Newsletter Editor Bob Knott at [email protected] or the Publisher Bill Webb at [email protected]. This is your Newsletter and we want it to be as informative and interesting as we can make it. That’s where you can help.

MEET MY PATRIOTS

Presented by John Parsons

“MY AMERICAN REVOLUTION ANCESTORS”

Issue 25 HUSKER PATRIOT

Michael Frederick

Drummer/Private

Several months ago I wrote about

one of my Patriot Ancestors, a 5th

great-grandfather, John Frederick,

from Bucks County, PA. John

served in the Bucks County Associa-

tors. Due to the Quaker influence in

the government of Pennsylvania,

there was officially no militia at the

beginning of the Revolution. The

Associators, therefore, were a group

of volunteers formed in each county

that served as a surrogate sort of

militia. The Bucks County Associa-

tors helped Washington cross the

Delaware in 1776, and I have been

proud of my ancestor’s involvement

with that action.

As I was doing some additional fam-

ily history research, I discovered

that Joseph Frederick, a grandson of

John, served in the Bucks County

Militia during the War of 1812 and

in October of 1814, his unit was

called up to defend against a British

invasion of the Delaware Valley.

British troops had just captured and

burned Washington and laid siege to

Fort McHenry in Baltimore, and

there was some concern that they

might land in Pennsylvania. How-

ever, following their defeat at Fort

McHenry, the British opted not to

try any further incursions, and the

Pennsylvania militia were mustered

out. Joseph’s service, however, pro-

vided me with my qualifications to

join the Society of the War of 1812.

I never gave much thought to any

potential service of Michael Frederick

(Joseph’s father and John’s son) in

either the Revolution or War of 1812

due to his age. Michael was born in

1769, so I figured he would have been

too young to serve in the Revolution

and to old to serve in the War of

1812. However, as I started to delve

a bit more into the family history, I

saw that Michael was getting a Revo-

lutionary War pension. I couldn’t

understand that, because while wid-

ows received Revolutionary War pen-

sions for their deceased husbands’

service, children did not. I also dis-

covered a reference to a Michael

Frederick who had wintered at Valley

Forge in the winter of 1777-1778.

Further research into the Pennsylva-

nia Archives (a treasure trove of in-

formation) uncovered the fact that

Michael had enlisted in the Continen-

tal Army as a drummer boy at age 8!

What a shock! Michael served in

Capt Craig’s Company, formed in

Northampton and Bucks Counties.

This company became part of the 1st

Pennsylvania Line, commanded by

Anthony Wayne. Michael served

with this unit which saw action at

Brandywine, Germantown, and

Whitemarsh, wintered at Valley

Forge, and later fought at Monmouth

Court House in 1778. The 1st Penn-

sylvania was a highly regarded unit,

and served in the thick of the

fighting in each of those engage-

ments.

Michael continued in this unit until

1780. Records indicate that while

initially serving as drummer, he

later was listed as a Private

(infantryman), and wintered over at

Morristown, New Jersey in 1778 and

1779, before he was mustered out in

1780.

Michael returned to Bucks County

after the Revolution, marrying a

Catherine Stumpf in 1792. He

farmed there for the rest of his days.

My Frederick line didn’t stray far

from the northern Bucks/southern

Northampton County area for the

next two centuries. My maternal

grandfather John Frederick was

born and raised in that area, and

when I was a young boy he took me

to all the old church cemeteries in

the area to look at the tombstones of

his forefathers, as well as taking me

on my first visit to Valley Forge.

When you’re raised in that environ-

ment, as I was, history is not merely

an academic exercise, but it is up

close and personal.

To say that I am extremely proud of

Michael would be a gross under-

statement. It’s tough to try and im-

agine a young boy like Michael in

those battles, much less enduring

Cont’d on Page 8, Col. 1

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Replacing Lincoln Plaque Presented by John Reinert

Be it re-

solved...

Before be-

ing elected

President,

A b r a h a m

L i n c o l n

v i s i t e d

C o u n c i l

Bluffs, Iowa

and stood

on the

banks of

the Mis-

souri River

looking in

O m a h a ' s

d i r ec t i on .

He likely

considered

how the settlements in and around

Omaha would grow as the Nebraska

Territory endeavored to establish its

bid for statehood. Within eight years,

the Capital Commission, composed of

Governor David Butler, Secretary of

State Thomas P. Kennard and Auditor

John J. Gillespie would travel around

eastern Nebraska making inquiries

that would allow it to determine

where to place the new capital city.

The month was July 1867.

In Otoe County, Nursery Hill was

about a day's ride west from Nebraska

City, near present day Syracuse. This

was not even a mile north from the

Masters homestead, where my family

was in residence. I can well imagine

what a roadhouse, a lumberyard, the

tall-grass prairie, and a few trees

along the Little Nemaha River might

have looked like in the 1860s; but hav-

ing seen the ground since, I can fur-

ther imagine what the commissioners

must have experienced as they spent a

mid-summer's night there. They would

pass on this location.

The residents of Yankee Hill and Lan-

caster would also vie for the commis-

sioners' attentions. The stakes were

high. When ice cream was served at

one event, an extravagance to be sure,

the commissioners made the point

during deliberations that this gesture

should be thought of as a bribe, and

therefore disqualifying.

Cont’d on column 3—see Plaque

Good Citizenship Award

Frederick A. Walden, Nebraska’s

Past VPGN and National Trustee

presents the Bronze Good Citizen-

ship Medal from the Sons of the

American Revolution to U.S. Naval

Sea Cadet

James R.

Smith, of

the Corn-

husker Di-

vision in

N e b r a s k a

at the USS

Hazard in

Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska on

Saturday, September 24, 2016.

James R. Smith is a Petty Officer

Second Class in the Naval Sea Ca-

dets Cornhusker Division in Nebras-

ka. He was selected as our 2015 Jun-

ior Sailor of the Year for the State of

Nebraska ranking #1 of 22 cadets.

He also serves as our Leading Petty

Officer in which he leads, mentors,

and trains 22 cadets. Smith is an

Honor Roll student from Kearney

High School in Nebraska and has

earned nine Academic Achievement

Ribbons in Sea Cadets for outstand-

ing work in the classroom in his six

years in the program. He is also an

active member of our Color Guard

Team and has been awarded the Col-

or Guard Ribbon for conducting over

five color guards. Pictured left to

right: Ryan

J. Smith,

WO, US-

NSCC, Ca-

det Petty

O f f i c e r

J a m e s

Smith and

his mother

Omruthai .

Additional-

ly, James

has been

awarded the

Community Service Ribbon for over

30 hours of service to veteran home

cleanup projects to Navy and Marine

Corp Relieve Society Uniform Shop

manning. James has completed six

correspondence courses and three

advancement exams totaling over

200 hours of classroom study time

and preparation to professionally edu-

cate himself about the Navy. He has

also completed seven advanced train-

ings including, Navy League Orienta-

tion, Navy League Navy Seal, Sea

Cadet Recruit Training, Navy Ship-

board Training USS Essex, Basic Scu-

ba Diving, Recruiting Duty, and Petty

Officer Leadership Academy. James

has been awarded Honor Cadet at

four of his Advanced Trainings and

therefore awarded one Navy League

Cadet Citation, three Meritorious Ser-

vice Ribbons, and one Meritorious

Recognition Ribbon and received one

professional certification in Scuba

Diving. James has also demonstrated

superior fitness to the unit as the

Physical Fitness Leader where he has

led 84 PRT evolutions and 12 Physical

Readiness tests to 500 cadet’s in six

years and himself has earned nine

Physical Fitness Ribbons with E for

Expert, achieving the highest score

possible. James has always received

outstanding on all uniform inspec-

tions. His military bearing is out-

standing and his leadership and moral

character have been nothing but stel-

lar. He has my highest recommenda-

tion for the Sons of the American Rev-

olution Good Citizenship Award.

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Plaque—Cont’d from column 1

Weeks later in the village of Lancas-

ter, population 30, deliberations would

end in a second floor room in the

home of, or the hotel operated by,

Captain W. T. Donovan - northeast

and southwest corners of 9th and Q

Streets, respectively. Perhaps only a

handful would learn the news the

evening of 29 July 1867 that they

were now residents of a capital city,

later to be incorporated as the city of

Lincoln. I reacquaint you with these

events because of our Society's role in

erecting the first plaque celebrating

the occasion 89 years ago. While the

original bronze plaque placed near the

south entrance to Lincoln's train depot

is lost, the opportunity to replace it

with an aluminum plaque is upon us.

Our sponsorship, together with the

DAR, finds the Haymarket Develop-

ment Corp, Preservation Association

of Lincoln, and city officials all taking

interest as part of Lincoln's Sesqui-

centennial Celebration in 2017.

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NSSAR 2016 Congress

Presented by Frederick A. Walden

Nebraska's’ Past VPGNC and Nation-

al Trustee . Our decision to drive to

Boston to attend the 126th Annual

Congress

of the

National

S o c i e t y

Sons of

t h e

A m e r i -

can Rev-

o l u t i o n

was an

a d v e n -

ture in

patr i o t -

ism. We

spent a

few days in Pennsylvania visiting

family. On Sunday, July 3, Fred ac-

companied our son, Compatriot Rev.

Dr. Kevin Walden to an historic

Welch Church in Plymouth, PA. Kev-

in was a guest speaker at the

church. His message related the Ar-

mor of God to the Declaration of Inde-

pendence and the framing of the

Constitution. The Declaration of In-

dependence stated the grievances the

colonies had against the King of Eng-

land. The Constitution, the founda-

tion of a new government, corrected

the grievances . The writers of both

documents relied on their Christian

background to answer offenses with

truth, justice, and righteousness. We

drove into Boston on Saturday, July

9. We stayed at the Westin Copley

Place where the NSSAR business

meetings were held. That evening we

attended the Host Society Recep-

tion. The Massachusetts Society's

hard work and excellent planning

were evident throughout the Con-

gress. Sunday, July 10, we attended

the Color Guard Breakfast. Fred at-

tended the Trustee's Meeting follow-

ing breakfast. The business was to

decide how to allocate funds from a

$100,000 memorial bequest the

NSSAR had received. The Trustees

voted to allocate $50,000 to the Boy

Scout Program and $50,000 be divid-

ed between the seven other youth

programs of the NSSAR. Sunday af-

ternoon we attended the Memorial

Service honoring 562 Compatriots

who passed away this last year. The

service was held in the Old South

Church about a block from the Wes-

tin Hotel. The NSSAR Color Guard,

complete with fife and drum,

marched from the hotel to the

church. Fred was approached by a

couple from India who wanted to

know about the Color Guard. Jan

stayed after the service to attend the

First Lady's Tea held in the

church. On her way back to the ho-

tel, she was asked by a mother and

daughter to tell them about the Color

Guard. The Color Guard had their

picture taken on the steps of the Bos-

ton Public Library which is between

the hotel and the church. The inter-

est of the public shows how much the

Color Guard represents and promotes

the NSSAR. Monday, July 11, we

attended the Youth Awards Lunch-

eon. The young men who received

the awards gave some excellent

speeches. After the luncheon, those

members who answered the request

to wear seersucker, had their picture

taken. Monday afternoon, Jan at-

tended the Ladies' Auxiliary Meet-

ing. During the business meeting it

was announced that the auxiliary

had earned $7,000 for the

NSSAR. The program was a living

history interpreter who por-

trayed Abigail Adams: Life, Love,

and Letters. Monday evening we at-

tended a reception of the New Eng-

land Historic Genealogical Society. A

request for an invitation was extend-

ed to all those attending the Con-

gress. Following a cocktail reception

and a welcoming speaker, we were

given a tour of the building. We saw

seven floors of their research capabil-

ities. Monday night was also Recogni-

tion Night. I am happy to report that

the Nebraska Society received

four awards. 1. The Liberty Medal

and Certificate were awarded to John

T. Parsons in recognition of outstand-

ing services in the recruitment of

new members. 2. Admiral William R.

Furlong Memorial Award to the

State Society which have fulfilled the

qualifications of NSSAR Flag certifi-

cate presentations during the year.

3. Certificate of Participation and a

streamer for supporting and submit-

ting a candidate in the Arthur

M. King Eagle Scout Scholarship Con-

test. 4. Jennings H. Flathers Award

to the State Society with fewer than

500 members with the best news

publication 2015-2016. We were

awarded a certificate and a check in

the amount of $250. Our thanks to

Robert L. Knott, Editor and William

W e b b , P u b l i s h e r o f t h e

“ H u s k e r P a t r i o t ” .

Tuesday, July 12 we attended the

Atlantic Middle States Break-

fast. Jan attended the Ladies'

Luncheon at the Boston Public Li-

brary. The program was a live por-

trayal of Deborah Sampson who en-

listed in the Revolutionary War Ar-

my as a man, Robert Shurtieff. The

hour and a half program by a profes-

sional actress was riveting.

In the evening we attended the Presi-

dent General's Banquet. The speaker

was Peter S. Onuf who discussed his

book, "Most Blessed of the Patri-

archs" Thomas Jefferson and the

Empire of the Imagination.

Wednesday, July 13 we attended the

NSSAR 1,000 Breakfast. In the

evening we attended The Installation

Banquet. The new President Gen-

eral, the Vice Presidents General and

the new officers were introduced.

On our own, we took a Duck Tour of

Boston. Our vehicle was a DUKW

amphibious vehicle developed during

WWII for unloading cargo and men

from ships. We saw the Old North

Church, Paul Revere's house and The

Granary, one of Boston's oldest

graveyards where my patriot, Wil-

liam Bridges', wife was laid to rest.

We saw many other historic sights

and enjoyed a ride on the Charles

River.

Picture taken inside of the New Eng-

land Historic Genealogical Society in

Boston during one of Fred and Jan’s

side trips.

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THE ARMOR OF GOD Fred Walden,

during his

visit to the

National Con-

gress, accom-

panied his

son, Omaha

Compatriot

Rev. Dr. Kevin

Walden to an

historic Welch

Church in Plymouth, PA. Kevin was

a guest speaker at the church. His

message related the “Armor of God”

to the Declaration of independ-

ence and the framing of the Consti-

tution. The Declaration of Independ-

ence stated the grievances the colo-

nies had against the King of Eng-

land. The Constitution, the founda-

tion of a new government, corrected

the grievances. The writers of both

documents relied on their Christian

background to answer offenses with

truth, justice, and righteousness.

The following are some of the high-

lights from Compatriot Walden’s

message that day:

Independence Day Connection

We hear quite often these days that

our country wasn’t founded on Chris-

tian principles by Christian men. I

just want to share a few things about

that this morning from our Founding

Fathers…

A portion of the Mayflower Com-

pact stated that they had

“Undertaken [the journey] for the

Glory of God and the Advancement of

The Christian Faith”

Patrick Henry stated: “This nation

was founded, not by religionists, but

by Christians; Not on religion, but on

The Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

John Adams and John Hancock

wrote: “We recognize No Sovereign

but God, and No King but Jesus!”

Alexander Hamilton wrote: “…

[The Constitution is] a system which

without the finger of God, never

could have been suggested…”

James Madison conceived of the

3 branches of government from

Isaiah 33:22…

“For the Lord is our Judge [Judicial]

The Lord is our Lawgiver,

[Legislative]

The Lord is our King [Executive]

He will save us…” EPHESIANS 6 &

ISAIAH 59 _2

Thomas Jefferson said: “God who

gave us Life, gave us Liberty. And

can the liberties of a nation be

thought secure when we have re-

moved their basis [in faith].”

George Washington said: “To the

distinguished Character of Patriot, it

should be our highest glory to add the

more distinguished character of

Christian.”

John Quincy Adams said: “The

birthday of the nation is indissolubly

linked with the birthday of the Sav-

ior.”

Inscribed on the Liberty Bell it

says: “Proclaim Liberty throughout

the Land and to all the inhabitants

thereof.” This is a quote from Leviti-

cus 25:10

The Declaration of Independence

(The Wrongs and Unfairness of the

King)

The U.S. Constitution (The well-

thought out answer -A New Form of

Government). A government that was

collaborative and accountable. We

cannot understand the power and

wisdom of the Constitution and our

unique form of Federalism if we don’t

realize where we come from.

The Constitution only makes

sense if we understand the Decla-

ration and the problems our

founders were trying to fix.

It took them 7 years to create the

constitution. Immediately the States

demanded amendments - Our Bill of

Rights.

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Col. (Ret’d) David and Irene Wolfe re-

ceiving the SAR Flag award from Com-

patriot Ben Harvey, Flag Chairman,

during Omaha Chapter Dec. Meeting.

New Members Initiated

Omaha Chapter welcomes new mem-

ber Dan Rowe during their Septem-

ber 2016 meeting. President McAlevy

conducts the initiation.

Omaha welcomes Paul Burright to

their chapter in October 2016 meet-

ing. Compatriot Harvey conducts

the initiation.

Lincoln Chapter welcomes their new

member Roger Rotschaffer during

their August 2016 meeting. Presi-

dent Stoner presents the oath.

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NEBRASKA SOCIETY OFFICERS 2016-2018 President: Dr. David Kentsmith, M.D., Omaha 1st Vice President: Rev. Dr. James Hoke, Ph.D Lincoln 2nd Vice President: William Webb, Omaha Secretary: John Reinert, Lincoln Treasurer: William Webb, Omaha Registrar: Thomas Masters, Lincoln Deputy Registrar: Robert Knott, Omaha Trustee: Fred Walden, Omaha Alt. Trustee: LaVerne Stetson, Lincoln North Central Vice President General: Dr. David Kentsmith, M.D., Omaha

BOARD OF COUNSELORS 2016-2018

Chairman: Dr. David Kentsmith, M.D., Omaha 1st Vice President: Rev. Dr. James Hoke, Ph.D Lincoln 2nd Vice President: William Webb, Omaha Secretary: John Reinert, Lincoln Treasurer: William Webb, Omaha Chap. President: Dr. Merle McAlevy, M.D., Omaha Chap. Vice President: Dr. Fred Strider, Omaha Chap. Secretary: Thomas Upton, Omaha Chap. President: Shawn Stoner, Lincoln Chap. Secretary: John Braisted, Lincoln Past State President: Thomas Masters, Lincoln Past State President: Merle Rudebusch, Lincoln Past State President: John Parsons, Omaha Past State President: Robert Knott, Omaha Past State President: LaVerne Stetson Past State President: Fred Walden, Omaha ———————————————————

MORE PICTURES AND STORIES


Should any Nebraska member have

an address, telephone or email up-

date please notify the State Secre-

tary John Reinert at email

[email protected]

a Color Guard unit for the NESSAR.

This pin may be worn instead of the

Rosette.

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My SAR membership is a constant

reminder of our glorious heritage, and

my responsibilities as an American Citi-

zen. U.S. Grant, III General, U.S. Army

Cont’d from Page 4, Col. 3

the harsh winters at Valley Forge

and Morristown. Patriots like Mi-

chael, as well as his father and son,

are a major reason why the United

States gained and maintained its

independence over the past 230

years.

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DAR, SAR and Pine Ridge

Collaboration

In July 2016, a NESDAR/NESSAR

delegation delivered tubs and bags

filled with new newborn baby

clothes, diapers, home health care

supplies, and baby blankets pur-

chased by the Nebraska Society

Daughter of the American Revolu-

tion and Nebraska Society Sons of

the American Revolution and col-

lected by Sheri Ward, 2015-2016

American Indian Committee Chair.

Included are school backpacks cre-

ated from a grant written and re-

ceived by the Loup Trail Chapter,

NSDAR in Burwell, NE. Pictured L

-R at Pine Ridge are Gary Ruse,

Tribe Financial Adviser; Sha-

ronAnn G. Louden, State Registrar,

Sandhills Chapter, NSDAR; Sena-

tor LeRoy J. Louden, Lincoln Chap-

ter, NESSAR; John Steele, Presi-

dent Oglala Sioux Tribe; LeeAnn

Merrihew, State American Indians

Chair 2016-2017, Sandhills Chap-

ter, NSDAR; Harry Merrihew, Lin-

coln Chapter, NESSAR.

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Shawn Stoner Presented the

U.S./SAR Flag Lapel Pin

N E S S A R

President

D a v i d

Kentsmith

during the

L i n c o l n

C h a p t e r

meeting in

O c t o b e r

2016, pre-

s e n t e d

Lincoln Chapter President Shawn

Stoner, a U.S./SAR flag lapel pin

for assisting Compatriot Chad

Sherrets of Omaha in establishing

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ourselves to in our oath as we honor

the struggle, pain and sacrifices our

patriot ancestors suffered during

the American Revolutionary

War. Several members in our Socie-

ty have taken on the sometimes dif-

ficult work of being an officer or

chairperson at the State and local

level. Others may not think that

they are welcome to serve, lead or

actually form a group to honor our

ancestors nor told our officers of

their desire to help. It does take

effort to learn a job such as being

the treasurer, secretary, program

chairman or president. It is a strug-

gle, long term commitment and per-

sonal sacrifice to work to make the

society function, grow and reach out

to others. Some jobs like the State

Secretary, Registrar and Trustee

are demanding, often detailed and

require learning. Helping a pro-

spective member complete their ge-

nealogical research, correctly pre-

pare their applications and success-

fully obtain membership requires

skill, patience and a time commit-

ment. We have yet to have volun-

teers to act as sponsors for appli-

cants. Approving member applica-

tions is the foundation for success

for all State SAR Societies. If

members fail to step in and help,

jobs are left up to officers who may

feel their reward for serving is be-

ing tasked with even more respon-

sibilities. We need volunteers to be

officers, committee chairpersons

and participants in such activities

as the Color Guard. Let us know

you want to participate. Don’t be a

“Summer Soldier and Sun Shine

Patriot”. David Kentsmith, Pres.

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